World Occult Usage Guide

Chapter 241 Tiger Fish Tribe
So this mermaid was actually the ancestral spirit of the tigerfish tribe?
Lin An glanced at the hyena-man struggling on the ground and had a vague idea of ​​what was wrong with his unusual behavior.

"Hello, Susumi."

As the saying goes, one shouldn't hit a smiling face, so Lin An nodded to her.

The ancestral spirit of the Tigerfish tribe looked very innocent and naive. She came ashore without much awareness of danger and finally stopped about ten meters away from Lin An, curiously looking at him.

"You're so fair-skinned!" she exclaimed in surprise.

"If we stay here a few more days, it'll probably get dark very soon..." Lin An smiled as he checked her data.

The legend of mermaids in southern Africa dates back more than 4,000 years, with archaeologists discovering some half-human, half-fish creatures in the Coissan rock paintings.

There are two main concepts about mermaids in the Southern Continent. One is that they are the embodiment of evil water spirits who like to lure passersby, grab them when they get close, and drag them into the water to drown them.

Another theory holds that mermaids live in deep waters and possess the power to control the weather, often responsible for rainfall, floods, and droughts.

In addition, the ability to bring rain is often associated with swallows. Over time, the two images have gradually merged into one, spreading to various countries and tribes in the Southern Continent.

Mermaids are known locally in Bantu as "Karu," or Kleikaru, which means "water spirit that brings destruction and creation."

[Name]: Karu Mermaid, Kleikaru

[Rating]: Ghost Story, Level D

Radiation level: 34.6%
[Pollution Level]: 35.8%
[Medium]: God of Agriculture

If it is the legendary rock-painted mermaid, it would be at least Grade A. Lin An pondered that the prototype of Su Su Mi was probably the result of various forms of dissemination, creation, and alteration.

Like the Dragon Kingdom, the ancient continent of Nanzhou has many mysterious archetypes that share the same name, but are rated differently due to different connotations.

Su Sumi combed her long, dark, damp hair, blinking her innocent eyes.

"You don't seem like...a person from the rainforest."

“Yes, I come from the other side of the Karenga Line, from birth to death,” Lin An replied calmly, responding to the question.

Having satisfied her curiosity, Su Sumi remembered the task her chief had given her. Just as she was about to question Lin An, her gaze was drawn to the hyena-man struggling on the ground. She paused for a moment, then spoke in an uncertain tone.

"Spotted Lion Ancestral Spirit, is this your servant?"

It turns out that the hyena people not only do not belong to the tigerfish tribe, but are not even one of the seven ancestral spirit totems.

According to the rules of the St. Anilov Foundation, this is a wild "free spirit" who, once discovered, is to be arrested and locked in an isolation room.

“He’s a prisoner I captured. I was going to ask you if you knew him, Susumi,” Lin An said honestly.

"What did he do?"

"Early this morning, I led a group of people to attack the Lion Tribe." Lin An gave a brief description, which made Su Sumi's thick eyebrows furrow even more.

"Actually, over a hundred warriors from our Tigerfish tribe just went crazy and rushed into the rainforest, then mysteriously disappeared. My brother thought..."

"how?

Su Sumi wrung out the water from her hair strands and honestly told the whole truth.

“My brother—the chief of the Tigerfish tribe—believes that your ‘Dawa’ caused their disappearance. Because our two tribes live relatively close to each other, we often have some minor conflicts.”

Lin An recalled Misuru's encounter by the river yesterday, which showed that the relationship between the lionfish and the tigerfish was not harmonious.

If Lin An hadn't swiftly thwarted the hyena-men's attack, the Tigerfish tribe under his control would have engaged in a large-scale battle with the Lion tribe. Regardless of who won or lost, the hatred between the two tribes would have been irreconcilable.

This is the hyena people's true purpose.

He took advantage of the fact that Lin An and the Karu mermaid had not yet met to directly provoke a conflict between them. Once the conflict ended, there would definitely be a lot of casualties on both sides, and the two mysterious figures would no longer be able to negotiate properly.

Thankfully, we didn't let him get away.

Upon making contact with Susumi, Lin An turned to the hyena-man. The latter realized the difference in strength between the two and stopped struggling. He simply lay silently on the spot, clutching the soft, wet mud with both hands.

"Would you rather be my prisoner, or simply return to the underworld of the dead?"

Faced with the two options Lin An offered, the hyena gritted his teeth, his voice muffled as he squeezed it out from between them.

"I don't want to die."

"Then you should just follow me obediently."

The hyena-man felt the gravity disappear as Lin An spoke. He moved his limbs, got up from the ground, tore off leaves to wipe the mud off his body, and looked at Lin An with his bright red eyes.

The young man had fair skin, black hair and black eyes, and a playful expression, exuding a mysterious mixed-race charm that made him stand out from the crowd.

A terrifying, strange, and powerful being... but I'm not afraid of you! Hyena-man, grinding your molars, you dare try to tame wild dogs? You'll regret it!

On the surface, he concealed the rebellious glint in his eyes and stood beside Lin An with his hands at his sides.

Although Lin An was chatting with Su Sumi with a smile, the hyena's intuition told him that if he tried to escape or resist at this moment, Lin An would kill him without mercy in the next second.

It's important to save your life.

Whenever Lin An's gaze fell upon him, the hyena-man would even wag its short tail in a gesture of goodwill.

At that moment, a cacophony of noises arose.

The people of the Tiger Fish tribe discovered that their ancestral spirit had left without saying goodbye and hurriedly scattered to search for her. A young man parted the palm leaves and immediately saw Lin An's back.

He paused for a moment, then pulled out an old-fashioned hunting rifle and pointed it at him, as if facing a formidable enemy.

"Stop! This is the ancestral spirit of the Lion Tribe!" Susumi shouted at him.

The name of the ancestral spirit calmed the man with the gun. He reluctantly cupped his hands to Lin An to express his apology, and then gave instructions to Su Sumi.

"Lord Ancestral Spirit, please follow us to the Lion Tribe."

When gathering the Tigerfish tribe, Lin An discovered that although Su Sumi was a mystic, she was too young and had a very innocent personality. People only obeyed the orders of another middle-aged man, who was the leader of a hunting party.

On the way back, the friendly Su Sumi and Lin An chatted away.

From her, Lin An learned that the Tiger Fish Tribe was a large tribe with a total population of about three thousand. Before the "Komos" radiation, they were the dominant force in this area.

On the contrary, since the appearance of ancestral spirits in the rainforest, their lives have not been as comfortable as before.

The radiation from "Commerx" has brought too many variables.

It is said that the Tigerfish tribe is the only tribe in the vicinity that has direct trade with the outside world. In addition to the guns, Susumi was also wearing a bright and beautiful T-shirt, which was obviously an outside commodity.

She said they also had trucks, stoves, water heaters, and other equipment, making their conditions far superior to those of the Lion Tribe.

"Do you have a coffee machine?" Lin An rubbed his hands together.

"coffee?"

"A beverage machine that makes hot chocolate will also work."

"Chocolate?" Susumi pondered. "Do you mean cocoa beans? We usually roast them."

Grill it...

Lin An's lips twitched; this must be incredibly painful.

Indeed, those who survive in harsh environments are truly ruthless.

When they returned to the Lion Tribe, they saw Misuru and his tribesmen standing by the stream, watching the Tiger Fish Tribe member who was stuck in the mud, "half-buried in the ground".

As time passed, the mud had reached most of their chins, and they could only desperately plead for help with their eyes and heart-wrenching cries.

"Help! We're doomed!" "If you save us, our chief will reward you handsomely!"

"The Tigerfish Tribe is willing to exchange...Gurgle...for...Gurgle...help!"

Upon seeing this, the leader of the hunting party who had come with Susume was both shocked and furious, and immediately went to rescue her.

Unexpectedly, just as they were about to grab a stick to rescue their people, a gust of wind blew them away and pushed them back dozens of meters.

The leader turned toward the source of the wind, and Lin An, holding the Philosopher's Stone, shook a finger.

“That’s not how prisoners are redeemed.”

"Nyama!"

The man who first met Lin An angrily cursed in a local language. Barbatos directly transliterated it, and Lin An couldn't understand it, but guessed it wasn't a good word, something like "Damn it."

Just as Su Sumi was about to speak up to stop him, Lin An was one step ahead of her, because he had gradually mastered the "language of the jungle".

"Kids shouldn't use foul language."

The next moment, the wooden stick that had been flying backward reversed its momentum and stabbed back towards the man.

He was immediately terrified and ran away, but the wooden stick followed him relentlessly until its sharp end pierced his waist with a "thud," pinning him to the ground.

"Pfft!"

The wooden sticks the men had casually picked up had somehow turned into iron rods, which were driven deep into his spine. The man struggled wildly like a panicked cat, but it was of no use except to make his muscles and blood feel even colder and more torn apart.

A numbing sensation crept up his nervous system. The man's mouth gaped open, and the hot, dry rainforest air tasted strangely metallic. He then realized it was fresh blood flowing upstream.

"Cough...it hurts...cough cough..." The man squeezed out broken words from his throat, his breath becoming weak.

In less than a minute, the Tigerfish tribe's hostility and resentment, like a wildfire ignited by lightning striking dry wood, were extinguished silently and vanished in an instant after a splash of cold blood.

Fear slowly grew from the charred remains of ignorance, and their gazes toward Lin An were no longer filled with doubt.

Their ancestral spirits had never displayed such a terrifying great tile!

As a result, many people have a misconception about the mysterious figures, since the power exerted by the supernatural beings has not exceeded human imagination.

Susume's eyes widened. The chief's order to her was to "demand an explanation from the Lion Tribe," but after witnessing Lin An's strength firsthand, she swallowed the words on the tip of her tongue and decided to change her strategy.

This new ancestral spirit is terrifying!
Su Sumi even felt that Lin An hadn't used his full strength at all!
Let alone her, probably few people could defeat the ancestral spirit of the Spotted Lion tribe.

Except for that guy...

Avoiding the eager gazes of his own people, the Karu mermaid pressed his fingers to his throat and rushed toward his wounded kin.

You need treatment!

Seeing that even the ancestral spirits chose to avoid his sharp edge, the leader of the hunting team's face twitched and the veins on his forehead bulged.

Lin An's unpredictable power sent shivers down his spine. He bit his lip, trying to pretend that the conflict hadn't happened.

"Spotted Lion Ancestral Spirit, what do you think would be the best way to exchange them?"

"Leave the gun behind first."

The chief dared not offend Lin An, so he had his people take down their guns and throw them to the Lion Tribe on the other side of the river.

Misuru took the old hunting rifle, his eyes shining, and the tribesmen curiously examined it from all angles.

They had occasionally seen the Tigerfish tribe use this weapon while hunting and were extremely envious of its power. They never expected that Lin An would manage to acquire more than a dozen of them in one go.

Ah, if only I had a coffee machine.

As Lin An pondered this, he manipulated the airflow technique. With a series of "pop pop pop" sounds, the six Tiger Fish Tribe prisoners who had sunk to the bottom were pulled up like radishes.

They saw stars and collapsed to the ground.

The leader counted the number of people and asked hesitantly.

"Only six can be exchanged?"

There were more than a hundred people stuck in the river!
We'd have to move the capital's armory here to make enough!

"Other forms of currency are also acceptable."

After saying this, Lin An flew to the other side, leaving the leader heartbroken and speechless.

Damn it, what goes around comes around. The Tigerfish Clan cursed inwardly.

Unexpectedly, the Lion Tribe has produced such a powerful ancestral spirit. In contrast, Susumi's Dawa, who can only sing and heal, is completely useless when facing a truly powerful enemy.

Seeing that some people were about to suffocate from the mud and water, Lin An used the same method to pull them out with his airflow technique, and the spotted lion tribe cooperated by tying them up one by one.

Chief Nalinan and the Spotted Lion tribe had no choice but to endure the humiliation and leave with their people.

As they disappeared, the lion tribe let out a triumphant cry.

The joy of the group infected Lin An, and his initial disorientation upon arriving in the rainforest gradually dissipated. His confusion was replaced by the pleasure of starting a business from scratch.

This is a new beginning.

…………

"That's just the way it is."

Sussumi reported what she had seen and heard in the lion, which made the tigerfish chief thoughtful.

"It turns out he was the one causing trouble lately..."

"Who?" Su Sumi was taken aback.

“Do you remember the wolfhound chief who first awakened the Great Vajra?” The tigerfish chief smiled at his sister. “That boy who looked like a hyena was his son.”

“In that case, we have no reason to be enemies with the spotted lion.” Susume blinked her blue eyes.

"Yes."

"That's great, brother!"

Upon hearing that there was no need to fight, Susumi jumped for joy, kissed the chief, and left.

She had barely left when the tent erupted in chaos.

"What a shame!"

"Tigerfish must avenge himself! Chief, you absolutely must not listen to your sister!"

"How could our ancestral spirits be so weak!"

Chief Tigerfish looked slightly impatient. He stroked the medal on his chest, the poppy pattern eerily bright, like a nail driven into his heart.

Finally, he raised his hand to stop the argument.

"Stop arguing. The Chamber of Commerce will not allow the rainforest to have a 'guardian deity.' When the time comes, she will naturally come to deal with the overbearing spotted lion ancestral spirit."

Looking around, the chief spoke slowly and deliberately.

"As for my sister, she's just not suited to the ignorance of the rainforest."

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